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The Associated Press
AP basketball poll ranks Illinois first
Illinois yesterday became the first team this season other than Duke to hold the No. 1 position in The Associated Press college football rankings, Fighting Illini have held that spot in the regular season in 37 years.
Kansas dropped a spot to 18th after losing to fourth-ranked Oklahoma on Wednesday but defeating Colorado during the weekend.
The only undefeated Division I team, Illinois received 62 of the 65 first-place votes cast and 1,296 points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The Fighting Illini were pushed to the limit Sunday, winning their 17th straight game, a 103-92 double-overtime victory against Georgia Tech.
"The team did it because they fight you." Illinois coach Lou Henson said. "They will not give up. You better knock them out because you can't beat at you. They always think they have a chance to win."
The last time Illinois held the No. 1 spot in the regular season was in the poll released on Jan. 22, 1952, when it took over the top spot from Kansas, the eventual 1962 national champion. The Fighting Illini held it for one week, losing to
DePaul four days later.
Okla mah, 15-2, moved up to fourth with 1.079 points and was followed by fellow Big Eight Conference member Missouri, 16-3, which received 939 points in moving up three places from last week
The Hoyas, 14-1, took second with one first-pass vote and 1,173 points, just six more than Louis-Claude. He had the other two first-pass votes.
Georgetown, Louisville and Oklahoma each advanced one place in the voting behind Illinois.
Arizona, 13-2, which also moved up three spots, was sixth with 844 points, nine more than North Carolina, which improved to 16-3 with victories against Duke and North Carolina State. The Tar Heels had fallen to 13th in last week's voting, the first time in 63 polls dating to the 1983-84 season they had not been in the Top 10.
Duke, Seton Hall and Michigan rounded out the Top 10.
Alvarado's status is in doubt Injured starting center leaves line-up uncertain
Kansan sportswriter
by Mike Considine
Senior center Sean Alvarado may or may not be in the starting line-up tomorrow when Kansas plays Wichita State in Allen Field House.
Alvarado was unable to play against the Buffaloes because of a stress fracture in his right tibia, a bone that connects the knee with the ankle. The decision was made after the team completed its pre-game surrogates.
"We had to go by the symptoms," said Cairns, who is in his third year as trainer. "Sean complainer of pain in his thibia, which is a sign of a stress fracture. We referred him to Dr. Ken Browning and Dr. Larry McGee for X-trays."
He is listed as a probable starter for tomorrow's home game.
"Sean's status is going to be day-by-day," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "It's the kind of thing where we need to wait, and hopefully he'll heal us."
Alvarado practiced with the team Thursday and Friday. He was not removed from the starting line-up until pre-game warm-ups had been completed. He said the pain was too severe to play.
The 6-foot 10 center said the injury occurred during the Kansas State game.
Alvarado that until last week he was able to apply heat to the injury
"At first, I thought it felt like a shin
splint." Alvarado said. "But it kept getting worse. I went to get X-rayed, and they showed a fracture."
Trainer Mark Cairns said stress fractures were difficult to identify.
and numb it enough to be able to practice.
He said the injury could take six to eight weeks to heal. Alvarado said he had a stress fracture in his foot last week and had recovered in about four weeks.
Cairns al Alvarado would be working out on a stationary bicycle and applying a sonic healing system for rehabilitation.
a avarado is unable to play, Kansas would be left with nine scholarship players, including junior Brad Kampschroeder, who is splitting time between the varsity and junior varsity squads. Williams said he didn't know what he would do if the team sustained more injuries.
"Just by walking you can aggra-
vate that bone," Cairns said.
Kampschroeder has played seven games for the varsity and six for the
"It creates an electromagnetic field which sends more blood supply to the bone and should speed up the healing process in the bone," Cairns said. "Hopefully, it will shorten the amount of time that he's out."
Williams did say Kampsbrooder would continue to play with both
Cairns said no bandages or tape could be applied to prevent further damage because the injury was too deep. Cairns said no bandage could be easy to augment the injury.
junior varsity this season. Junior varsity players are limited to a total of 28 games a season by the NCAA
Junior forward Freeman West said he was a little too anxious Saturday before his first start. "In the introductions, Scooter came out there and we both went for a high five," West said. "He missed and hit me in the elbow."
Forward Mark Randall blacked out yesterday in practice. Randall said he had been ill. Cairns said Randall's condition wasn't serious and that the 6-foot-9 sophomore should be able to practice today.
Alvarado was redshirted last season. He said sitting over last year made him more anxious to return to the line-up.
Team captain makes waves as a Jayhawk
"If I can play, I will," Alvarado said. "Hopefully, I'll be back (to normal) soon. I'll sleep with the machine on, and that should speed up the process."
Notes
The 10 team members had a composite 2.84 grade point average during the fall semester. Randall's 3.5 was the highest GPA. Seniors Milt Newton and Paul Snyder had GPA's higher than 3.0. Pritchard and Jeff Guelden had GPA's higher than 3.0. Pritchard was named to the Big Eight Conference all-academic team last year.
All-American senior nearing last lap of swimming career
by Brett Brenner Kansan sportswriter
Sue Spry was 11 years old when she showed up at her first swim practice in a bikini.
It would be an understatement to say the senior co-captain of the Kansas women's swim team has come a long way.
"The coach told me to swim 20 laps, and I could barely make one," she said.
Paula Hofaker/KANSAN
Senior spinner Sue Spry is co-captain of the Kansas women's swim team and is the defending Big Eight Conference champion in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle.
Spy was named an NCAA All-American as a part of Kansas' 200-year freestyle relay team her freshman year, and as a sophomore she was named the most valuable swimmer for the Jayhaws.
Her junior year, Spry notched victories in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle, as well as a second place in the 200-meter long Eagle Conference Championships.
She also has competed in the NCAA Championships each of the past three seasons.
For Spry, being an athlete was second nature, but becoming a swim mer was her father's suggestion.
"I was a really athletic kid," Spry said. "My father read an ad in the newspaper and took me to the tryouts."
After laying out her freshman year in high school because of a back injury, Spry began swimming for Martia High School in Chicago.
Spry joined a team in Chicago when she was 13 years old, and she has competed seriously ever since, swimming in high school and college.
Spry was successful in high school, becoming the first swimmer from her school to go to the Illinois State Championships. She went to the championships all three years, placing fourth in the 50-year freestyle and fifth in the 100 her senior year.
can't have a pool," she said. "We had to commute five miles to the public school to train."
Spy said she became interested in the Kansas program after watching the NCAA Championships her junior year in high school.
"I wanted to go there, but they
"I was watching and saw Tammy Thomas, who went to Kansas, win the 50- and the 100-yard freestyle, and set the American records," Spry said. "Those are my events, and I guess KU just stuck in the back of my mind."
She came to Kansas for a recruiting visit her senior year and was impressed by the staff and the university. She received a scholarship to swim and enrolled at Kansas in Fall 1985.
Spry does not view being one of the captains on the team as a sign that she is better than the other women.
"We're all on the same level," she said. "I'm there for the girls with an open ear."
"She is a captain out of leadership and respect." Kempt said. "She is an outstanding sprinter and because of that she has gained respect."
Coach Gary Kempf places more importance on her being a captain than Sry does.
Kempf said the key to Spry's success had been her desire to improve.
"She has trained very hard," he said. "This is one of those cases where a teacher could teach more."
Spry attributes some of her success to her teammates.
"I want to give a lot of credit to the girls on the team, and especially the
seniors," she said. "They've been there when I needed a shoulder to lean on."
Spy said that she had no real goals for the conclusion of her college swimming career but also that she was going to limits on what she could accomplish.
so I want to go out and have a good time," she said.
Walsh remains loyal to 49ers
for years.
Walsh's news conference yesterday was an opportunity for the 57-year-old coach, now second in Super Bowl victories to Pittsburgh's Chuck Noll, to get a few things off his chest.
he put in a none-to-subtle plug for defensive coordinator George Seifert as his successor if he decides to give
After she graduates in May with a degree in community health with an emphasis in exercise physiology, Splyn plans to study at the university's masters degree and possibly to help out with the swimming program.
Walsh re Coach wants to help team stay on top
team or the decision.
"People with the right chemistry all participate together and are involved in the decisions." Walsh said. "We have worked well together for years."
MIAMI — Still savoring the victory that made him the second winningest coach in Super Bowl history. Bill Walsh had had news for the rest of the NFL yesterday: Even if he steps down as coach, he will continue working to keep the San Francisco 49ers on top.
4681 SINCE 1950 "I don't necessarily have to coach to keep the 49ers at or near the top of the league." Walsh said as he basked in the last-minute, 20-16 victory against Cincinnati.
against Cincinnati.
The 49ers earned their third NPL title in the '80s and were stamped the team of the decade.
This is my last season swimming.
The Associated Press
That was the feeling of Jerry Rice, who earned the game's MVP award by catching 11 passes and 20 boards. The Super Bowl record, the number of tied tiers
"Now that we won this game," it would be far easier to leave." Walsh said. "But I don't want to leave and then come back nine days later and say I've changed my mind."
up coaching and move into the front office after meetings later this week with 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr.
But the criticism faded as the 49ers went on to win seven of their last eight games, including Sunday's victory on a 92-yard drive in less than 3 minutes, capped by Joe Montana's touchdown to John Taylor with 34 seconds left.
That pass may have given Walsh the opportunity to leave on top, although he still seems to be waving. Ironically, he had served as the team's president as well as coach until after last season, when DeBartolo stripped him of the presidency after a 36-24 loss to Minnesota in the playoffs following an NFL-best 13-2 season.
And sometimes with tongue in cheek, sometimes not, he took jabs at impatient NFL owners; "mercenary" player agents, and the Bay Warriors, who were harsh critics when the 49ers were 6-5 and falling this season.
"Right now, we feel like Bill is going to come back," Rice said. "I feel Bill is still competitive and not ready yet to give up the game. And when you're getting paid $1 million a year . . ."
"This is a competitive game," Walsh said. "There are a lot of people, especially the owners — who have lost all of the fact that there are 28 entities."
Walsh, who has one year left on a contract due to pay him $1.3 million next season, laughed at that reference.
But he only half laughed about some other things that came up, such as owners and agents.
"A lot of owners don't realize you can't win every year. They come from businesses where they've had continued success and there's no competition. So a lot of coaches get fired unfairly or prematurely by owners who don't understand the dynamics of the game."
Walsh seems to have patched things up with DeBartolo after the two barely spoke for six months because of differences ranging from player personnel to Walsh's personal life.
As for agents, Walsh suggested that they distract players from the goals of a team.
"It's different working with some of today's athletes, probably because of the agents," he said.
Drug offense may end Bengal NFL career
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam Wyche says the drug relapse of running back Stanley Wilson is a warning that the nation needs to do something about its drug problems.
Wilson was suspended from the Super Bowl after an undisclosed drug-related incident Saturday night, less than 24 hours before the game. It was Wilson's third drug-related event, probably ending his NL career.
Under the NFL's drug policy, players who test positive for drugs three times are banned from the league but can appeal for reinstation after a year. Wilson's first suspension, for the 1985 season, occurred before the policy went into effect.
was his last chance.
Commissioner Pete Rozelle expects to meet with Wilson sometime this week to discuss what happened Saturday night. It's up to Rozelle to decide Wilson's future. The commissioner declined comment on the matter at the Super Bowl.
However, Wycie said yesterday that Wilson was reinstated by the NFL last April after his second suspension with a warning that it
Asked whether there was any chance of Wilson playing again, Wyche said, "Part of the situation coming into this season was that it was a final chance. That was the understanding that everybody had coming in, that if there was another relapse, that would be it."
Rozelle and the Bengals have refused to reveal details of the incident, which occurred after Wilson missed a team meeting Saturday night. Wyche and other team officials said they didn't know Wilson was about to abandon yesterday, they declined comment on published reports offering different versions of what happened Saturday.
Wyche said there was no indication of trouble with Wilson until the incident. He said he thought Wilson had passed two drug tests administered the week before the game.
Wilson, 27, had been a drug rehabilitation success story this season. After spending last season under suspension — the second pro season he'd missed because of drug involvement — Wilson came back and won the starting fullback job in training camp.
Blaylock is making his point
The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma's Mookie Blaylock has handled the switch from off guard to point guard the same way he has handled careless opponents — with ease.
Blaylock moved to the point this season after setting an NCAA record last year with 150 steals. There was some concern whether the move would hinder Blaylock's play on defense.
It hasn't.
Through 17 games, Blaylock has 81 steals, one more than he had at the same time last season. That includes a 13-tail performance against Loyola-Marymont that tied the single-game NCAA record Blaylock set last season.
"It's not really a big change," said Blaylock, who attended Midland (Texas) Junior College with Kansas senior guard Lincoln Minor and former Sooner guard Ricky Grace. "I played point guard on and off in junior college. I know how to control the offense."
When he man has his ball, the Blaylock crowds him and waits for any small mistake to present him an opportunity. Away from the ball, Blaylock often says off his man while keeping an eye out for a stray pass.
win Blaylock at the point, the Sooners are off to a 15-2 start, averaging nearly 110 points a game, and they are ranked fourth in the nation going into tomorrow's game against Colorado.
The 6-foot-1 Blaylock is playing as well as he ever has at Oklahoma. He scored a career-high 37 points in a loss to Pitt on Jan. 15, then left with 12 points in a 124-98 five-year performance in a 124-98 victory against Kansas.
On Saturday at Iowa State he had a career high 38 points and played all 45 minutes in the Sooners' 109-100 overtime victory.
Blaylock, who averaged 16 points a game last year, has become an offensive force this year, but it has been his defense that has made him
He tends to gamble, and sometimes he loses.
For the season, Blaylock is averaging 23 points and seven assists a game and is averaging close to 39 minutes a game.
"I work on that a lot." Blaylock said of his defense. "Couch tells us to press the ball hard and not give any slack, and I try to do that."
"I get easy baskets off steals. Plus it makes the player think about what I am going to do next. It maybe intimidates a player."
Kansas guard Kevin Pritchard, who went against Blaylock three times last season and again last week, isn't a lot of fun at snookie Mookie.
"Ive never played against a player who can take away the ball on the dribble like he can. You see guards who can flick at the ball, but then they don't control it. Mookie gets it, and then he's gone."
Tubbs said, "Mookie is just a tremendous competitor. He doesn't say much, but he's an outstanding competitor."